Plato,  428? BCE-348? BCE <br/><br/>
Charmides 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmides_(dialogue)  Release date is 1998-12-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger  Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Charmides" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written in ancient Greece. Socrates returns from battle and encounters the handsome young Charmides at a wrestling school, initiating a provocative inquiry into the nature of sophrosyne—temperance or self-control. Through exchanges with Charmides and his mentor Critias, Socrates dismantles each proposed definition, from quietness to self-knowledge. The dialogue explores profound questions about virtue and wisdom while never reaching a final answer, leaving readers to grapple with these timeless philosophical challenges themselves. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Classical literature Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Ethics -- Early works to 1800 Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 Temperance -- Early works to 1800 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B  PA